Sounding device



March 3, 1931.

L.. V. ARONSON ET AL SOUNDING DEVICE vFled Jan. 31, 1925 i AIHIIIIIIIIIIIHIIINLJ INVENTORS ATTORNEY-5 Patented Mar. 3, 1931 f UNITEDVSTATES PATENT oFFIcle:I

LoUIsv. AnoNsoN NDEREEERICK MEYER or iaEwAnK,l NEW JERSEY; sim) MEYER AssIGNon or. ms ENTIRE RIGHT To SAID ARoNsoN souunnve DEVICE n Application iea-aauary s1, 1925. serial no. 5,949.

Y Our inventionrelates to improvements in sounding devices and more particularlyl to sounding devices adapted to be placed in dolls or toys to cause them toautomatically speak 5 when moved to different position-s. The main object of the invention `is to-provide a device of this class which isnot only-simple andr efficient in operation butwhich can be easily and cheaply assembled and the parts of which io maybe easily and .cheaply made.

p Further and `more specific objects, features and advantages wil] more clearly appear from the detail description given below `taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings which forms a part of'thi-s speciy iication. In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective, partly broken away, of a device embodying our improvements iin a preferred form thereof. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same with the bellows distended. Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the bellows collapsed. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the valve member. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the weighty member with the sound' chamber removed. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the same and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the weighty member with the sound chamber on top thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a tubular cylindrical casing preferably made v of cardboard or other cheap material, which casing is closed at one end'by sheet metal capmember 2. 3 represents atubular bellows member, the lower end `of which is closedby the cap member 2 and is secured about the edges of the casing 1 thereat by the peripheral` flange 4r on the cap member 2. 5 represent-s a weightymember'of iron or other metal, circular in shape and provided with a peripheral depending flange 6. The upper end of the l0 tubular bellows 3is se'cured'about` the periphery of the member 5 by a depending periph-` eral flange 7 von a member 8, the member 8 beingpdished so that the main body portion i thereof is spaced from the body portionof 45 the'member 5 so Vas to provide 'a sound chamber lO'between the two. `9 represents a sounding element comprising a reed pipe with a reed which eXtendsinto an opening through the weightymember 5 wherebyfupon the 59 bellows. being compressed and air forced out thereof, the air `will be forced through the reed pipe causing the reed to speak andthe sound therefrom to issue into the soundchamber 10. rEhe top of the sound chamber is provided'with four openings `11` through which the sound from the sound chamber may be. emitted. Crimped on to the other end ofthe casing 1 is a perforated sheet metal cap member 12 and extending between the caps 2 and 12 is a metal rod 13. The rod 13 is held fixed` with respect to the casing by means of depressions 14 and 15 stamped up in the cap members 2 and' 12 respectively and into which depressionsthe ends of the'rod 13 are fitted. The rod 13 is square in cross section and the depressions 14 and 15 'may be made square in cross section so as toiprevent the rod from turning or` the rod may be clamped between the cap members with sufficient pressure to prevent the rod from turning easily. The rod 13 passesthrough the bellows and through a square opening 2O in a central depressed portion of the weighty member 5 and through Y Vthe sound chamber and through a. circular opening 21 in the member 8. The rod 13 is thus made non-rotatable with respect to the weighty headand sound chamber. 16 represents an oscillating valve member adapted to rest by gravity on the top of the sound chamber member 8. The valve 18 is thus maintained by gravity adjacent and in operative positionflat against the sound openings 11 of the sound chamber. The valve member 16 is provided with four openings 17 adapted to register with the openings 11 and it is stamped up at the center thereof and provided with a central'opening 18 through which the rod 13 13 causing the openings 17 to'slide over the top of the soundchamber and hence over the openings 11 therein.

. 'In operation the deviceis first turned so thatthe weighty member 5, with the sound chamber and the valve 16, slidesv by gravity along the rod 13 so. astodistend the bellows as shownrin Fig. 2. V,Then the position of the device is changed to the upright position' shown .fin flig. .2 :or eso t.that 4the weighty memfber 5 with the soundchaniberzan-d valve 16 vwill slide down along the 'rod13 to theposi-v tionshown inl Fig, 3.l During this movement the' bell'ows' will'tbe compressed and the air therein forced out A"through the reed pipe9 causing the saine tospeak and .the sound,

therefrom to be emitted into the Vsound chain,-

ber. Duringthis movement Ithere will be no rotation of the weightymember and sound cha-inherwith respect :to ythe rod 13 because the'squarehole '2O iis fmade to .conform tothe crossisectionfogi'the rod,1andthis hole; 20 beingalways below the',y twisted portion l'ithere will lbeno rotation of; the weighty-member Jor s oundnchamberhor :rod with .respect to one another. *lht 'the start of? the compression movement .the-(openings v1.7 'register with the openings 11 ysothatltthe-sound from the reed pipe 4is emitted'froin the sound chamber through these-,openings and` out of the device through,thegperforated c-ap v12. Y Asithe Inove` nient collapsing thefhe'llows progresses the valve .member 16'is fcaused itof'oscillate by vreason ofthe' twisted lportion 19. so :that ythe'openingsvlfno Alonger register with the openings '11* thereby 'interrupting the emissionof sound "from the `sounding elementi. llhere/ is sulvfficientgleakage loi" air lfrom the bellows,

however, )to piermitf the Acontinual f collapsing thereof and :asfthe parts move :further along the rod 13, the rotary movement 'ofthe valve v mein-ben l'willf-.be continued `until the openings i17- again i register with v the openings '1.3i'

thereby' permitting .the sound vfrom the reed pipe to again :issue: from the fsoundl chamber. In this way, 'duringthecollapsing .of lthezbell lilows, thefdevi'ce ris caused .to issue asound lilrefMa-Ma "or fthe li'ke. Thefbellows may again"y be YdistendedV forf another lopera'tion'by ysimply, changing t'he.=po'sitienl of the -`doll yor f toy so'ftha't the weighty partsz and-116 will` slide backto .distendthe bellows :as shown Yin Fig. 2. will fbeunderstoodv that the opening-inthe member S'fthrough which thefrod 13 passes iis circular in 'cross section sol that v bertorotatewithzrespeto thel casing; The

valvefinem'ber 516v isffiee Vto slide on lthev rodv 153 independently of the'wei-ghty membery 5 and y sound .chamber `member 78, .and merely rests onthe top ofthe membervS bygravity. the ,Y

' valve .member ljshould VVbecome separated di@ from theememher 8, it will ,immediately :fallbaokand :rest by gravity on the member -.8 as

soon :as the device-.is put fintofa position tendingftov'collapsethe ybellovvsbythe w'eghtiof l the members 5 and 8. j A Y.

" ldrwi'll'thusbei seen-'that:wejzfariel provided l an arrangement for the purpose described, the

parts Aof which are not only simple and easily manufactured, but which are also easilyand conveniently assembled and whichris ei'licient and certain in operation.

Vlthile we .zhave described four improve-` mentsA in greatv detail and-with Vrespect to a VApreferred form thereof, we do not desire to be limited to suchdetail's or Aforrns since manyy changes'or 'modifications may be made and the inventionembodied in widely diierent orms'without departing I'rom the spirit and scopeof lour invention in its broader aspects. Hence Rwe -desire xto-cover vall modifications and forms coming within the language or scope aofi-'anyone for'more offthe 'appended claims, i v

What we :claim as new :and i desire to secure by., LettersvPatena isf:

1. A'rsounfd'n'gfdevicefhaiiinginy coinbinae tion faxcasing,,a weghtynrember adapted 'to slide back` and fforth in (the: casingby gravity,

a soimdlchalnher 'carriedziwith Vthe Wei'g Lty.VV -mein'ber-,rineansincluding;a:sc undingelement whereby uponmovement 0i? said Amember in the .casing the rsoundmg element is :caused tto sound by means of: fair @forced therethrough,

. said '-soundcham'ber 'tbeingnproyided 4`witln an Y opening `through which fthe @sound :isadapted fromyangda memberhaving-a spiralicanirace f Y acting to Arotate:said valve overfsaidv openin g,

saidivalvefslidinggwithrcspectgto said-member whereby :the memberfcauses rotation ot the collapsiblefair: chamber is Valvewhen; the operated.

:3. A sounding,device-hayingin. com hinaf-v v tion `afjbellows -with two heads, one 'of said headsibeing; a weightyfheadwherebyjt -Aniayoperate? the bel-lows by gravity, a s oundf reed operated-:by the; bellows, meanszihauing an opening through which thesoundfV from the reed is adapted tjocissue, agvalye having a to rdtatejove'r .said-opening to controlfthc issuance L with respect to Y:said` membenathe cam .nien-1- b'er iactingon, the@ vailveto;rotatetheA same-as thefbellows is' .ope11ed.. L; l i

tion aficasingva Weightygmember -adaptedto yS,11debarili: andr 'forth'. in, the y(casingby grav- Vplurality otapertures therethrough. adapted v kesouiid-theretrom,anda member haviingai cam ace,I said; valrverbeing slidable l lapsible air chamber is operated and 'said ity, a sound chamber carried with the weighty member, means including a sounding element whereby upon movement of said member in the casing the sounding element is caused to sound by means of air forced therethrough said sound chamber being provided with an opening through which the sound is adapted to issue, an oscillating valve member provided with a part adapted to slide over said sound chamber opening to control the emission of sound therefrom, anda rod extending in a direction substantially parallel to the movement of the weighty member, and passingthrough openings in said weighty member and valve, said rod being-non-cii'cular in cross-section and twisted and the opening in the valve member conforming to the cross-section of the rod whereby movement of the weighty member and valve member alongthe rod causes the valvemember to rotate with respect to the sound chamber.

5. A sounding device having in combination a collapsible air chamber, a sound reed operated thereby, means having an opening through which the sound from the reed is adapted to issue, a valve adapted to rotate lover said opening to control the issuance of sound therefrom, said valve being held adacent and in operative position to said open ing by gravity and a member having a cam face acting to rotate the valve as the colvalve being slidable with respect to said cam member.

6. A sounding device having in combination a casing, a weightymember adapted to slide back and forth in the casing by gravity,

a sound chamber carried with the weighty member, means including a sounding element whereby upon movement of the weighty member in the casing'the sounding element is caused to sound and the sound therefrom issues into the sound chamber, said sound chamberbeing provided with an opening therethrough, a rod extending through said` weighty member and a valve member adapted to rotate about the axis of said rod and having a part adapted to oscillate over said ,sound chamber opening to control the emissionof sound therefrom, said valve member being freely movable along said rod inde peiidently'of said weighty member and sound chamber and adapted to rest on the sound .chamber by gravity.

7. ,A sounding device having in combination a casing, a weighty member adapted to slide baelr and forth inthe casing by gravity,

Y a sound chanibercarried with the weighty member, means including a sounding element whereby upon movement of the weightyV member in the casing the sounding element is causedV to sound and the sound therefrom issues into theV sound chamber, said sound chamber being provided with an opening therethrough, a rod extending through said "weighty member and a valve member adapt- Led to rotate about the axis of said rod and having apart adapted to oscillate over said sound chamber opening to control the emission of sound therefrom, said valve member being freely movable along said rod independenti-y of said weighty member and sound `chamber and adaptedv to rest on the sound chamberby gravity, said rod passing through openings in said weighty member and valve member and being noncircular in cross-section and twisted and the opening in the valve member conforming to the cross section of the rod whereby movement of the weighty member and valve member along the rod other end `of the bellows and adapted to move back and forth in the casing by gravity, a rod, extending through the bellows and weighty member at right angles to the move ment of the latter and fixed with respect to the casing, a member having its periphery clamped about the periphery of the weighty member and securing the end of the bellows thereto and forming a sound` chamber on the weighty member, a sounding element carried by the weighty member and adapted to sound `and emit sounds into the sound chamber upon compression of the bellows by the weighty member,said sound chamber having an opening for the emission of sound therefrom and a perforated valve disc adapted to rest by gravity on the sound chamber and e having an o enino through which said rod l M h passes, said rod being non-circular in crosssection and twisted and the opening in the valve member conforming to the cross section y of the rod whereby movement of the weighty member and valve member along the rod causes the valve member to rotate with respect to the sound chamber.

9. A sounding device having in combination a bellows with two heads, one of said heads being a weighty head whereby it may operate the bellows by gravity, al sound reed operated by the bellows, a sound chamber carried by the weighty head, and into which chamber the sound from the reed issues, said sound chamber having an opening through which the sound is adapt-ed to issue, a valve having a plurality of apertures therethrough adapted to rotate over said opening in a plane parallel with the face 'of the opening to control the issuance Aof sound therefrom, and a means having a cam face acting to rotate the valve over said opening as the bellows is operated.`

10. A sounding device having in combinat-ion, a bellows with two heads, one of said heads being a weighty head whereby it may e4, -V y' 'aie-vergeef;

operate rhebenws" by gravi-ty, a "'S'bundirred operated', by thevbell'o'v'vs, a sound` Chamber ycarried by oneof the-heads, and Einto vvhieh 'chamber the 'sound' fromthe :reedissues;V said y 5 vsound ChamberhavingVIE an 'opening through "which the sound'fis adapted to issue, al `valve j "adaptedfto 'rotate over 'said openingffto'; oony trol 'the issiianee of sound therefrom, and4 a Vmember having: a spiral'camr 'face extending mthrough saidl valvev andl aoting to- 'rota-te the "valve as the bellows is operatedQsaid valve beingslidableon said member.; y 11.*'Asounding device .'.fhavingin combi? "nation a bell'ovvsv'vith rtvvo.heads, ooneof said Y n 15' heads "being` a weighty headyvh'ereb'y it may operate thebllovvs by'gr'avity', afsound reed operated by the bellows, -a sound Chamber vvoarri'ed*by oneV of the'heajds, 'and f into Which l lchamberthe soundy from' the reedV issues, said Y 2o sound chamber jhaving 'an opening through v'vhiyeh the sound is adapted to issue, Aalfval've 'vadiapted'to rotate'over'saidopening vto eoni trol theissuance of sound' therefrom, and a o fmember havingjrl a spirale cam face acting to rotate "the valve as the bellows is operated,

` lsaidvalve being'slidable with respeot'tosaid bam member' and held 'by gravity' adjacent xandin operative lposition `flat against the said opening.

l2. A sounding devicel having incombi-` nation a bellows with tvvo heads, one ofsaid Y y heads'being anvveightyl head vvhereby'it may operate thebellovvs by gravity, a sound lreed "operated by 'the"kbello'vvs, a' sound IChamber 35 carried b y one of the heads, and into lWhich ohamberthe sound 'from the Vreed issues,` said 'fsound Chamberhaving an opening through Whiohthe sound` is adaptedto issue, a'valve f adapted torotateover said opening to oon- HV le trol the-issuance of sound therefrom, and, a

member having a. spiral cam .face extending through said weightyV member, sound `chamberandjvalveand aetingto rotate thevr valve as the bellows is oper'atedysaid memberjbe-v (i5 ing"non-rotatablewith'respectftothe'sound l chamber.y

Intestimonyvvhereof Wehave signed/our v Y Y names to this specification. 4 ,Y n v o Y 1 LOUIS V.l ARONSON. N l .FREDERIGK"lwllillv 

